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Two wind turbines on a precast concrete floating platform: that, basically, is Nezzy2. This 18 metre tall, 1:10-scale prototype is being tested by EnBW and aerodyn engineering, a north German engineering company, in a flooded gravel pit near Bremerhaven. Next, this summer, Nezzy2 is to prove itself in wind and wave conditions in the Baltic Sea. Read more

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has begun working with Siemens Gamesa's Offshore business unit on training the organization of approximately 6,000 employees in developing greater risk awareness to improve safety. Read more

Edda Wind, the offshore wind segment of the Østensjø Group, has signed long term time charter
agreements with MHI Vestas and Ocean Breeze Energy respectively for two of the four offshore
wind vessels ordered from Spanish yards. Read more

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JDR, a leading supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry, has been selected by WindPlus as the preferred cable supplier for the Windfloat Atlantic 25 MW floating wind farm. Read more

Following the 497 MW order for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, EnBW has also awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy with the installation of the neighbouring 112 MW project EnBW Albatros. Read more

On June 9, 2017 the kick-off event for the Interreg-Programme RELIABLES Offshore takes place at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences. The project partners are developing a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) that shall allow a reliable prediction of a components’ service life. Read more

TÜV SÜD’s experts have supported the large-scale project over the past 30 months. Certification was awarded in accordance with the standard of the German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), and covers supervision and inspection of wind turbine, foundation, sub-station and internal cable manufacturing, transport, installation and commissioning for the wind farm. Read more

In a sign of continued momentum for the offshore wind turbine manufacturer, MHI Vestas celebrates the inauguration of Nobelwind offshore wind park in Belgium - its second wind park opening in May 2017. Read more

On April 13, Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced the results of a call for tenders for offshore wind farms. The tender was awarded to Dong Energy and EnBW for a total of four wind farms in the North Sea with a total capacity of 1,490 MW. Three of the projects that were awarded contracts submitted bids for 0.00 cents.